From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 28 10:29:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from misha.privatelabs.com (misha.privatelabs.com [66.9.25.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F8337B406; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:29:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mi@aldan.algebra.com) Received: from misha.privatelabs.com (mi@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by misha.privatelabs.com (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f7SHTGk24427; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:29:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mi@aldan.algebra.com) Message-Id: <200108281729.f7SHTGk24427@misha.privatelabs.com> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:29:15 -0400 (EDT) From: mi@aldan.algebra.com Reply-To: mi@aldan.algebra.com Subject: Re: support for a.out in ports To: sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200108281636.f7SGaph57218@vega.vega.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> > a.out support is dead, and soon will be retired from bsd.port.mk as >> > well. >> >> If this the "official" position, could you provide the reference >> or something so I can remove the minor numbers from my ports' >> pkg-plists? > > No, it is not official position (I'm speaking with my Joe > Ordinary-Porter hat on), but it reflects discussions I had with other > committers regarding the topic. I donno if it counts, though. Ok, thank you. The official policy/strategy is what I was trying to dig up... That's one more inconsistency we have in the ports tree right now. My personal feeling would be quite the opposite -- I think it is cool to support this, especially since the framework is already in place and is really cheap. If some developer happens to put the wrong minor number (because he/she only works with elf) -- it is an easily fixed PR... I wish there was some way to count the actual number of users who use one way or another... -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message